Three Killed in Athens Airport Terror Attack
Arab gunmen and grenades struck a crowded Athens airport lounge injuring over 50 and killing three as two terrorists seized 35 hostages for two hours before surrendering to police. Identified suspects were Zeced Mohammed and Palaat Hussam.
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Jeannie Salandis
New York
Albert Kersen
Union
N.J. Po
Information Board
Daskalopoulos
Beirut
Wafa
Athens
Dimitra Michapoulou
TVA
Skylab astronauts rehearse spacewalk to unfurl sun shade
Astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma rehearse a Monday spacewalk to deploy a 22 by 24 foot sun shade and 55 foot mast poles on Skylab to shield the orbiting lab from heat. They will exit the hatch for about 3 percent hours starting near 11 a.m. EDT while NOAA gathers Gulf of Mexico data in a related effort.
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Space Center
Houston
Skylab
Orbiting Laboratory
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Space Station
Bombings and Hostage Crisis at Athens Airport
Arabic terrorists attacked a crowded Athens airport lounge with grenades and pistols, killing three and injuring over 50 before surrendering to police. Two captors held 35 hostages for two hours during negotiations for a plane to the Middle East. surrender terms not announced.
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Athens International
Middle East
Zeced Mohammed
Palestine
Palaat Hussam
Cairo
Athens
Disappearance of Graziani trial witnesses shocks Charleston
Federal agents report two key witnesses Donald Toney and Ronnie Caldwell are missing amid the trial of Claude Truslow Bernard Brumfield and George Davidson for conspiracy and obstruction in the 1972 shooting of Philip Graziani. Toney, a fugitive with past material witness status, allegedly helped plan the attack and rode with the assailants to Graziani's home. Caldwell remains subpoenaed but unserved.
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Charleston
W.va
Philip J. Graziani
Donald Toney
Ronnie Caldwell
Graziani
West Virginia
Claude Truslow
Bernard Brumfield
George Davidson
U.S. District Court
C. Donald Robertson
Dana
James F. Haught
Federal Housing Administration
Robertson Brothers
Haught
Toney
Truslow
Brumfield
Davidson
FBI
Tom Hughes
U.S. Atty
John A. Field II
Hughes
Beef Trades For Vikings Tickets Sparks Lighter Notes
A Minnesota sausage company president offered a hindquarter of beef in exchange for two Vikings season tickets. Other anecdotes include a Texas car dealer marketing cheaper per pound beef than a new Chevrolet and a San Antonio restaurant switching to catfish. Wisconsin reports rising direct beef purchases and increased custom slaughtering amid price themes. Welfare and income cases show families swapping cuts and meals to cope with shortages.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Minnesota
Austin, Tex
Alan Sachs
Golden Valley
Minn
Vikings
Sachs
Austin
San Antonio
Big John's Steak House
Big John’s
Catfish Hut
Bill Thompson
Wisconsin
Kansas City
Georgia Walker
Washington, D. C
Alice Clark
Cyprus Unrest Deepens as Grivas Threatens Civil War
A Cyprus crisis pits President Makarios against Gen. George Grivas amid nightly bombings and a looming danger of civil conflict. Explosions damage property while Makarios says police foil an assassination plot as debates over enosis with Greece widen. Bobby Riggs is mocked in a final quip about tennis and roller derbies.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Greece
George Grivas
Makarios
Grivas
Bobby Riggs
Talmadge Opposes Impeachment Without Tape Evidence
Democratic senator E. M. Talmadge told CBS Face the Nation there is no current proof to justify impeachment and public support would wane without the White House tapes. He said the tapes could settle truth and lies as the Watergate committee nears the final week of hearings on the June 17 1972 break in.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Herman E. Talmadge
Georgia
White House
K Suspic
Talmadge
Watergate Committee
CBS
Watergate
Ac 1
Pawiek Geet
U.S
H. R. Haldeman
Ite
United States
John W. Dean
Richardson Seeks Method To Measure U.S. Crime
Attorney General Elliott Richardson says the government has failed to measure crime volume and gauge crimefighting effectiveness. He notes the FBI index covers only a fraction of crimes and cites LAAs polling tests as a potential path to better data. He also criticizes staff and process gaps in evaluating program impacts.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
FBI
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Defense Overspends Budget in Public Relations Funds
GAO reports Defense Department spent 24 million on promotional activities not in the 1972 public affairs budget. Pentagon disputes what counts as public relations, excluding Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Band performances as PR. Five ceremonial bands cost 10.6 million and four aerial teams, including Blue Angels, cost 5.3 million in 1972.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Defense Department
GAO
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Navy
Blue Angels
Air Force Band
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Department of Defense
Fulbright
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Cate Telegram
Phnom Penh
U. S
Brussels
North Atlantic
Europe
Caldwell
Richard Evans
Louise Cook
Associated Press
Princeton
Paphos
Dis
Apently
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Law
Windsor Safari Park
London
Defense
DOD
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